The latest officially reported population of Fiji was 928,784 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Fiji's population is 936,456 people compared to 123,324,642 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 131.7 times bigger than Fiji's.
- Fiji is ranked the 159th most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 1.5% of the world: 0.01% for Fiji vs 1.49% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, Fiji has had an average growth rate of +0.12% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2005, the population of Fiji has increased from 882K people to 936K (6.13% growth), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (3.48% decline).
- Fiji is projected to reach its peak in 2054 at 1M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Fiji vs Japan: live population counter
Fiji
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Japan
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
936456
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123324642
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| Population rank | 159/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 1.49% |
| One net population change |
1.89 hours
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58.3 seconds
|
| One birth every |
31.6 minutes
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42.2 seconds
|
| One death every |
1.02 hours
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19.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
2.67 hours
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3.43 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -3,278 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | +13 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | +4,639 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.5% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 134/197 | 182/197 |
Fiji and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Fiji
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Fiji
|
Japan
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Fiji
|
Japan
|
|
| 1960 | 404,887 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 417,406 | 94,055,000 | 3.09% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 430,536 | 94,933,000 | 3.15% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 444,276 | 95,900,000 | 3.19% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 458,324 | 96,903,000 | 3.16% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 472,575 | 97,952,000 | 3.11% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 486,487 | 98,851,000 | 2.94% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 498,873 | 99,879,000 | 2.55% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 510,002 | 101,011,000 | 2.23% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 520,797 | 102,219,000 | 2.12% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 531,188 | 103,403,000 | 2% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 541,121 | 105,697,000 | 1.87% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 550,499 | 107,188,000 | 1.73% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 559,222 | 108,707,000 | 1.58% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 567,489 | 110,162,000 | 1.48% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 575,906 | 111,573,000 | 1.48% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 585,534 | 112,775,000 | 1.67% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 597,805 | 113,872,000 | 2.1% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 612,091 | 114,913,000 | 2.39% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 626,862 | 115,890,000 | 2.41% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 641,975 | 116,807,000 | 2.41% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 657,471 | 117,661,000 | 2.41% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 673,414 | 118,480,000 | 2.42% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 689,835 | 119,307,000 | 2.44% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 706,716 | 120,083,000 | 2.45% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 723,761 | 120,837,000 | 2.41% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 739,306 | 121,482,000 | 2.15% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 750,540 | 122,069,000 | 1.52% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 758,697 | 122,578,000 | 1.09% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 766,321 | 123,069,000 | 1% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 773,316 | 123,478,000 | 0.91% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 779,656 | 123,964,000 | 0.82% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 785,346 | 124,425,000 | 0.73% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 790,369 | 124,829,000 | 0.64% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 794,771 | 125,178,000 | 0.56% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 798,746 | 125,472,000 | 0.5% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 803,789 | 125,757,000 | 0.63% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 812,139 | 126,057,000 | 1.04% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 822,258 | 126,400,000 | 1.25% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 831,828 | 126,631,000 | 1.16% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 840,909 | 126,843,000 | 1.09% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 849,596 | 127,149,000 | 1.03% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 858,049 | 127,445,000 | 0.99% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 866,286 | 127,718,000 | 0.96% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 874,366 | 127,761,000 | 0.93% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 882,379 | 127,773,000 | 0.92% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 890,365 | 127,854,000 | 0.91% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 897,832 | 128,001,000 | 0.84% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 903,399 | 128,063,000 | 0.62% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 907,239 | 128,047,000 | 0.43% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 910,419 | 128,070,000 | 0.35% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 912,989 | 127,833,000 | 0.28% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 914,918 | 127,629,000 | 0.21% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 916,352 | 127,445,000 | 0.16% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 917,585 | 127,276,000 | 0.13% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 918,578 | 127,141,000 | 0.11% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 919,166 | 127,076,000 | 0.06% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 918,759 | 126,972,000 | -0.04% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 917,180 | 126,811,000 | -0.17% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 914,899 | 126,633,000 | -0.25% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 914,963 | 126,261,000 | 0.007% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 916,711 | 125,681,593 | 0.19% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 919,422 | 125,124,989 | 0.3% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 924,145 | 124,516,650 | 0.51% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 928,784 | 123,975,371 | 0.5% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 933,141 | 123,324,642 | 0.47% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 937,268 | 122,647,678 | 0.44% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 941,304 | 121,951,038 | 0.43% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 945,347 | 121,241,776 | 0.43% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 949,269 | 120,524,230 | 0.41% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 953,095 | 119,798,959 | 0.4% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 956,685 | 119,065,610 | 0.38% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 960,056 | 118,326,333 | 0.35% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 963,339 | 117,583,337 | 0.34% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 966,516 | 116,836,274 | 0.33% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 969,613 | 116,084,328 | 0.32% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 972,641 | 115,332,395 | 0.31% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 975,643 | 114,582,890 | 0.31% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 978,533 | 113,837,760 | 0.3% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 981,270 | 113,097,352 | 0.28% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 983,842 | 112,359,802 | 0.26% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 986,409 | 111,622,622 | 0.26% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 988,810 | 110,891,223 | 0.24% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 990,851 | 110,169,955 | 0.21% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 992,731 | 109,455,823 | 0.19% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 994,437 | 108,747,012 | 0.17% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 995,957 | 108,044,346 | 0.15% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 997,319 | 107,350,486 | 0.14% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 998,544 | 106,665,616 | 0.12% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 999,530 | 105,986,908 | 0.1% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 1,000,244 | 105,312,022 | 0.07% | -0.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Fiji increased by 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Fiji gained 17,878 (a 1.95% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).
Fiji was ranked 157th most populous country in 2005 and is 159th in 2025. Japan was ranked 10th in 2005 and ranked 12th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Fiji's population will grow by 6.81% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
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Population differences between Fiji and Japan
|
Fiji
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 67.6 years | 85 years |
| Average age | 31.1 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 28.9 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.28 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 131.7 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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